Famous Deaths In April - 12

0065  On this day in history death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist  

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on April - 12.  

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on April - 12.  

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on this day in history.  

1125  On April - 12 death of vladislaus I of Bohemia  

1443  On April - 12 death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on April - 12.  

1555  On this day in history johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75  

1605  Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on this day in history.  

1675  On April - 12 death of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)  

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1687  Death of Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer on April - 12.  

1690  On April - 12 miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71  

1704  John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1748  William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies on April - 12.  

1760  On this day in history baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64  

1782  On this day in history death of metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)  

1788  Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 on April - 12.  

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1797  Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on April - 12.  

1814  On April - 12 death of charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)  

1817  On this day in history charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies  

1828  Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1845  On April - 12 henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65  

1850  On this day in history death of adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788)  

1859  On this day in history john Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84  

1864  Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50 on April - 12.  

1872  Death of Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795) on April - 12.  

1878  On this day in history william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies  

1896  Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 on April - 12.  

1898  On this day in history death of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)  

1902  Death of Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842) on this day in history.  

1909  On this day in history hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79  

1910  On this day in history william G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69  

1912  Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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0812  Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835) was born on April - 12.  

1484  Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) was born on this day in history.  

1500  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on this day in history.  

1526  On this day in history birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)  

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.  

1577  On this day in history birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)  

1579  On this day in history birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France  

1626  On April - 12 birth of paul Hainlein, composer